Thesaurus results for SUBSIDIES

subsidies

noun

plural of subsidy

as in grants

a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure

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Recent Examples of subsidies That has created shortages and long lines at gas stations, made worse by deep subsidies that encourage excess consumption. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Costs for consumers in the Affordable Care Act marketplace have soared amid expiring ACA premium subsidies, and insurance affordability poses a political threat to Republicans during upcoming midterm elections. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Senegal, which faces tight budgetary constraints due to ballooning debt, has spent nearly all of its full-year allocation for fuel subsidies already. — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026 As pandemic-era ACA subsidies expire, premiums spike across Florida, forcing hundreds of thousands to drop coverage and pushing gig workers and small-business owners to gamble with their health. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Soto voted with Democrats and some Republicans — including a few from Florida — to save the subsidies last year. — Ali Swenson, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 But as the cuts are set to take place, lawmakers also failed to renew enhanced subsidies for coverage, raising the cost of insurance for individuals. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026 With no federal subsidies available for that group, HAAM and Central Health have tried to develop separate solutions for this subpopulation. — Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026 He's cut about a trillion and a half from health care over the past -- next 10 years, Medicaid and Obamacare subsidies. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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Below is a list of the grants and their descriptions included in a news release from the governor's office.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
The World Bank has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into grants for modernizing the Syrian financial sector, restoring water access, and bolstering its healthcare system.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

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Some addicts learned to game the system by obtaining daily allotments of hydromorphone pills—15 or more a day was typical—and then selling them to dealers in exchange for stronger fentanyl concoctions.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
These phones have different sizes and shapes, different memory and storage allotments, and different camera systems.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

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